Physics

From the forces that keep athletes twirling and sliding, to the weird laws governing the world of the very small, to the far-out concepts of time travel and alternate universes, physics covers a lot of interesting territory. Here, Live Science keeps you abreast of all the fascinating physics discoveries. Physics

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A Computer Spotted a Turtle Hiding Out in a Cloud of 'Quantum Fireworks'

February 12, 2019 | Article

Scientists couldn't find the pattern in these strange clouds of quantum fireworks. So they enlisted a computer, and it noticed a hidden turtle.
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Physicists Found a Brand-New Kind of Magnet Hiding in a Uranium Compound

February 09, 2019 | Article

This strange type of magnetism can form rapidly — and disappear just as quickly.
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Why Physicists Are Interested in the Mysterious Quirks of the Heftiest Quark

February 05, 2019 | Article

The top quark is about 100 trillion times heavier than the up quark. But why?
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This Is the Purest Beam of Light in the World

January 31, 2019 | Article

The device, built to be portable enough for use in space, produces a beam of laser light that changes less over time than any other laser humanity has created.
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Hyperfast Shock Waves from a Supernova Heat Atoms to Blazing-Hot Temperatures

January 31, 2019 | Article

Taking the temperature of a star bomb.
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What Is the Large Hadron Collider?

January 29, 2019 | Reference

The world's greatest atom smasher.
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New MIT Laser Device Whispers Secret Sounds Into Your Ear

January 29, 2019 | Article

Imagine sitting down to dinner with a group of friends, when a laser tickles the water molecules inside your ear. "Hello!" you hear.
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Physicists Made a Flying Army of Laser Schrödinger's Cats

January 29, 2019 | Article

A laser pulse glanced off a rubidium atom and entered the quantum world — taking on the weird physics of Schrödinger's cat.
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How to Destroy the Earth in 3 Easy Steps

January 23, 2019 | Article

Mad scientists through the ages have dreamed of holding the world hostage by threatening to destroy the whole thing. Here's how that could work.
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Did 'The Big Bang Theory' Get the Science Right? A Lesson in Supersymmetry and Economy Class

January 22, 2019 | Article

Is super asymmetry a thing? And do big physicists really travel economy class?
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